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This is a continuation of How to start with Foreman post. Today we’ll look at how the inventory can be kept up to date by receiving facts from hosts regularly. Then we’ll take a look where facts can be used. We’ll illustrate the configuration on one config management system, but the same concept is applicable to other facts sources. Links to the related documentation are provided.

This post targets primarily users new to Foreman. It can be interesting for those, who would like to start using Foreman but feel lost or who just installed Foreman and would like to investigate its capabilities. We’ll assume a fresh Foreman installation without any plugin and with the default configuration. The primary focus will be on filling in the data about the infrastructure. If you’re searching for installation instructions, please take a look at Installing Foreman chapter of the Foreman manual. This post assumes installation using the foreman-installer.

You thought the 1.4.0 release was great? Then I bet you’ll really enjoy Foreman Ansible Modules v1.5.0 that was just released!

Thanks to everyone who asked and answered questions, opened issues, and made the Foreman Community a hive of activity over the last month. Here is a summary of some of the major events, contributions, and requests for feedback over the last month.

Thanks to everyone who asked and answered questions, opened issues, and made the Foreman Community a hive of activity over the last month. Here is a summary of some of the major events, contributions, and requests for feedback over the last month. Special thanks to @gryan, @evgeni, @maximilian, @dirk, and @thulium-drake for their contributions and blogs this month!